A winter storm has shut down schools in parts of the Maritimes as a band of snow rolls through the central part of the region.

A 70-year-old Stephenville resident died Saturday after a passenger vehicle collided head-on with a snowplow on the Trans-Canada Highway in western Newfoundland.

The East Coast is bracing for a 30-cm dumping of snow as a cross-Canada weather system also brings snowfall to Central Canada and the West Coast.

One person is dead and two others are being treated in hospital following an avalanche in Montana in which four snowmobile riders from Saskatchewan were buried or partially buried.

A waterfowl specialist says wind turbines could spell danger for Tundra swans in Lambton County.

People on Cape Breton Island were digging out Sunday after a major winter storm.

Schools in some coastal Newfoundland communities closed for at least the morning on Thursday, as the island was pounded by freezing rain.

A small girl wearing no footwear and a light dress travelled over snow and ice on Tuesday, after slipping away from her babysitter's home.

Thousands of Maritimers lost their power Sunday after high winds, snow, and freezing rain caused widespread outages across the region overnight Saturday.

Many parts of Newfoundland and Labrador have been whipped with high winds and either rain or snow depending on local temperatures.

High winds lashed eastern Newfoundland and parts of Labrador Saturday, causing public services to shut down and hazardous driving conditions.

Research shows northern forests in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba are drying up and shrinking from drought caused by climate change, while the eastern boreal forest is holding its own.

Groups have drafted a plan to separate the Great Lakes from the Mississippi River watershed in order to stop the spread of Asian carp.

A 59-year-old woman was found face down in the snow with severe frostbite early Wednesday morning.

A winter storm is expected to blanket parts of New Brunswick with up to 30 centimetres of snow Friday afternoon, followed by freezing rain in the evening.

RCMP are advising motorists that high winds across southern Alberta are affecting traffic on Highway 2 south of Calgary.

The National Capital Commission has shut down the Rideau Canal as impending rain will make ice conditions very poor.

Snowmobile crashes have claimed five lives over a two-day period on Quebec trails and roads.

Some rural Manitobans left homeless from last year's floods are still waiting for temporary houses that were promised to them months ago.

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Freezing rain and more snow is forecast for Metro Vancouver and the rest of the South Coast on Friday, as a moist blast of Pacific air collides with the arctic system that has kept the province in a deep freeze all week.

The SIU is investigating a crash that involved a police cruiser, killed two and injured several on Highway 402 near Sarnia.

More snow mixed with freezing rain is creating headaches for snow-clearing crews in Montreal that are still in the midst of plowing and carting away snow from last week's snow storm.

Snow and freezing rain created messy driving conditions and prompted several schools to cancel classes Friday throughout Quebec.

NASA will launch an airborne science lab aboard a DC-8 plane above snowstorms in Ontario next week to measure snowfall from space.

RCMP confirm there are large grass fires near Granum, roughly 150 kilometres south of Calgary, and Walsh, roughly 345 kilometres south of Calgary.

Environment Canada is forecasting up to 200 mm of rain will fall on the West Coast of Vancouver Island over the next two days.

Seven people were killed in Quebec over the New Year weekend in a series of accidents involving cars and all-terrain vehicles.

Environment Canada has issued snow squall warnings for parts of Ontario, including Georgian Bay and areas near London, where 40 centimetres of snow is possible.

Two people are dead after a truck flipped off a west-end Montreal overpass and onto railway tracks where it was hit by a train.